Kingdown School is a secondary school located in Warminster. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 11/07/2013. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.7%, which is 0.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Woodcock Road, Warminster, BA12 9DR
Website: http://www.kingdown.wilts.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01985215551
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Wiltshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Robert Price
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137230

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 11/07/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1668
Number of Pupils: 1546
Number of Boys: 785
Number of Girls: 761

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 10.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.14 Confidence interval -0.02 to 0.3
Of the 263 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 259 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:21%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:49%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:49.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.21
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St John's CofE School
Boreham Road , BA12 9JY
2out of 4 277 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St George's Catholic Primary School, Warminster
Woodcock Road , BA12 9EZ
3out of 4 685 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
New Close Primary School
30 Imber Road , BA12 9JJ
1out of 4 690 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre
7 The Avenue , BA12 9AA
3out of 4 1,209 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Sambourne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Sambourne Road , BA12 8LF
3out of 4 1,811 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Kingdown School
Woodcock Road , BA12 9DR
3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Bishopstrow College
Bishopstrow Road , Bishopstrow BA12 9HU
- not rated 1,135 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Warminster School
Church Street , Warminster BA12 8PJ
- not rated 1,979 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.